Obviously, the usual caveats apply: because you're going to be rooting your device and installing custom software, you need to be confident you can see it through to completion. And be aware that you might brick the device. Also, it's worth pointing out that this first build doesn't support hardware video acceleration, and it can occasionally be difficult to enable Wi-Fi. Still, Hashcode hopes to iron those problems out real soon.

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While the install won't turn your Fire into a tablet as good as the Nexus 7—Google's device is faster, has a better display, and is just, well, better—it's a step up from the Gingerbread-based OS it's probably currently running. [XDA Developers via Liliputing]